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Fort Vancouver names volunteer ambassador for 100th anniversary | Aaron Porter was named centennial volunteer ambassador at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site for the National Park Service鈥檚 100th anniversary in 2016. |
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What鈥檚 Holding Women Back in the Workplace? | Why aren鈥檛 there more women in the upper ranks of corporate America? Cue the broken record: Women rein in career plans to spend more time caring for family. What鈥檚 more, they are inherently less ambitious than men and don鈥檛 have the confidence that commands seats in the C-suite. 鈥 |
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Alumnus featured for love of art, business acumen | Vargas earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in studio art from Western Washington University in 2012 but got serious about making a living from art only in 2014. He has exhibited at Norwescon, a sci-fi and fantasy convention in SeaTac, and said he would like to exhibit at other, larger conventions. |
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Stephanie Elkins Morrell: Unleashed a 鈥榤onumental, life-changing experience鈥 | It鈥檚 hard to believe it鈥檚 been 11 years since I typed my last column for Unleashed. I鈥檝e come a long way from the sarcastic gal with long hair and braces (although, for the record, I鈥檓 still pretty sarcastic), but I鈥檝e never forgotten the experiences Unleashed afforded me. I couldn鈥檛 be鈥 |
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Retail Tipsheet: The Bagelry will roll on with new owners | The Bagelry soon will be under new ownership, but the bagels will remain very much the same. After 31 years, Ken and Marguerite Ryan have decided to sell the bagel company to two longtime employees. Aaron and Terra Seaton will officially take over ownership on Jan. 1. In the coming weeks鈥 |
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Loren Sand named interim executive director for Snohomoish County | Snohomish County Executive John Lovick appointed former Lynnwood city manager Loren Sand to serve as interim executive director, filling Deputy Executive Lenda Crawford鈥檚 former position. Lovick also appointed budget manager Brian Haseleu as acting finance director through the end of the year.鈥 |
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When it comes to mental health, a peer can be a life saver | Michael Hardie hadn鈥檛 taken a first sip of his coffee at South Lake Union鈥檚 Uptown Espresso when a young man carrying a Bluetooth speaker hurried into the cafe and stood at a nearby pillar. He was agitated, muttering to himself. 鈥淵ou doing OK?鈥 Hardie asked him. 鈥淵ou doing all right?鈥濃 |
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Civic Center to offer dog obedience classes | In addition to The Gold Coast Jazz Band, the Bob Roberts Society Orchestra, health fairs and rummage sales, the Boynton Beach Civic Center is offering classes for new dog owners. Introduction to Dog Obedience and Bright Puppy Kindergarten classes (for ages 8 weeks to 5 months) will be鈥 |
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King Institute for Faith and Culture Welcomes Noted Poet Scott Cairns | Scott Cairns, noted memoirist, translator, and poet, will present two lectures on Sept. 28, as part of the King University Institute for Faith and Culture lecture series. The first lecture will take place at 9:15 a.m. in King University鈥檚 Memorial Chapel; the second lecture will begin at 7 p.m.鈥 |
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Retail Tipsheet: Fairhaven caf茅 a longtime dream for owner | Shirlee Jones has been daydreaming about opening an eatery for about 20 years, and now she thinks she found the perfect spot in Fairhaven. Jones recently opened the Shirlee Bird Caf茅 in the Sycamore Square building at 1200 Harris Ave., in the former Fairhaven Smoke Shop space at the鈥 |